Fabric belt for trousers or the like.



M. BOWMAN.

FABRIC BELT FOR TRO USERS 0R THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JULI/1,1915.

1,1664965, Patend Jap. 4, 1916.

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I f3 l 5 UNITED STATES MAX BowMAN, or CINCINNATI, 01110.

FABRIC BELT FOR TRUSERS QR THE LIKE.

. Application filed July 1,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it' known that I, MAX BowMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident 'of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented.

`a certain new and useful Improvement in Fabric Belts for Trousers orthe like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fabric-belts es pecially adapted for use in connection with mens trousers and of the same goods as the trousers to produce a neat and harmonious effect. v v

The object of this invention is to provide a convenient and economical method of making what may be termed a seamless belt.

The details of structure, or rather of the method by which such structure is produced, have been somewhat fully enumerated in the above statement of the invention but they will be more minutely referred to in the following description of the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Figure 1 is a diagram of a long, narrow strip of goods used in the make-'up of my belt, showing it as it appears with a longitudinal, center fold which is the first step in y the method of manufacture; Fig. 2, a plan View showingA the strip of goods longitudinallydoubled mid-width and showing a transverse line of stitching adjacent one end thereof; Fig. 3, a plan view showing the next step in which the said stitched end of the strip has been turned over backwardly on the strip and flattened so as to provide a tapered or pointed end, ready for flattening the eX- treme ends of the stitched end; Fig. 4, a' View similar to Fig. 3 but of the opposite side of the strip, showing the manner in which said` backwardly-turned end of tht strip has been again turned over and laid flat so as to conceal the lapped or folded edges of the said stitched end, and longitudinal dotted-lines being shown in this view to indicate .where the strip is folded toward its longitudinal center ready for the final stitching seen in the next view; Fig. 5, a plan view of the rear face of the nished belt, including an attached clamping-buckle; Fig. 6, a transverse section of the finished belt, taken on the dotted-line a, a, of Fig. 5; and Fig. 7, an edgeview of the belt showing the manner in which the pointed end thereof is passed through the buckle and ready for clamping.

1 indicates a strlp of goods, preferably of specification of Letters Patent'.

Patented Jan.. 4, 1916. 1915. se'rialNo. 37,575.

textile fabric. This strip is made of a length v and width to suit the desired length and width of belt to be produced'and vis adapted to be folded longitudinally along a central line 2, the iirst step in the process of manufacture, as seen in Fig. 1. Upon folding the belt longitudinally, along the line 2, a transverse line of stitching 3 is made in the goods at one end thereof, as shown in Fig. 2, the second step in the making process. The

stitched end is then turned over backwardly on the strip as shown at 4, in Fig. 3, whereby the edges arelaid flatly in place and the end of the strip takes a tapered or ,pointed for- "mation that results in the ultimate pointed or linserting end of the belt. This forms the third step in 'the making process. doubled-over portion of the vgoods in the v pointed end of the strip seen in Fig. 3 is now again doubled over so as to lie in Contact with the opposite side of the strip, as seen in Fig. 4, whereby the lapped edges of the stitched portion 3 are concealed and the strip is now ready for folding longitudinally along the outerv dotted-lines 5, 5, to be followed by another fold, toward the longitudinal center of the strip, along the dottedlines 6, 6, as best seen in Fig. 4, whereby the first folds 5` contact with each other along said longitudinall center of the strip and are then ready for the nal stitching that is shown at 7 7 that is longitudinally parallel to the contacting edges 5, 5 along the cen- The end 8 that carries the transverse link 9 ,of the clamping-buckle, the finished belt being as best shown in Fig.V 5which is a rear 'View thereof. A transverse stitch 1.0 is made 1n the looped-portion 8 of the belt.

The clamping-buckle ispreferably composed ofa main front-plate 11, a lever or bar 12 pivoted at 13, 13 inthe rear lugs or ears 14 of the flanged side-edges 15 of the main-plate 11, anda resilient armor bar 16 that projects from'an eye 17 at the outer end of the bar 12 and has a toothed fore-edge for detaining-engagement with the pomtedend of the belt when inserted between the front-plate 11 andthe inner. pivotal end 13a of said bar 1-2, all as best seen in Figs. 5 and 7. The eye 17 of the clamping-buckle engages the link 9 in a pivotal manner. Of course any other style of clamping-buckle can be used in connection with my-belt, but

the one shown is very desirable and Well adapted to the style of belt that is the result of my herein-described method of manufacture. Y

To properly reinforce or stiften the goods or fabric of the belt, and especially When such goods is very thin, I provide a Web or strip of canvas or the like 18, as best shown n Fig. 6, that lies betweenthe main portion l and the double-folds 5, 6. ,y lf desired by the trade a tongue-buckle can be used and eyeleted-holes made in the outer, pointed insertion-end of the belt for the detainingengagement of same.

l claim As an article of manufacture, a garment fabric-belt comprising an elongated strip of material having tWo or more longitudinal folds made along its opposite edgeswith the first folds brought together in the center of the'belt, a pointed outer insertion-end having a triangular back-turned portion that is stitched together along its meeting edges from the apeX or tip to the transverse base thereof, a loop at the inner end, and a clamping-buckle projecting from said loop and adapted to slidingly-secure said pointed outer end.

MAX BOVVMAN. Witnesses:

JOHN ELL/as JONES, BERL B; RIGDON. 

